i want to bring in melinda. you are with the oakland zoo. kind to join us here. and you were the person that strung up all of these lights just on your own. how long did that take it you? >> yeah all on 43 own. [ laughter ] it takes a couple months. we have an outside zoo that comes in to help us. >> reporter: there is baa a whole team. they have been working on this for a long time. this year is something new. if people have been to zoo lights in years past, there is a new prehistoric theme. >> there is. visitors come before remember we have our meadow show. we still have that this year. but we also added a second light show. it is prehistorically themed so it has volcanos and dinosaurs and really, really fun. >> reporter: who doesn't love holiday lights this time of year? you also have a friend. you brought a friend along. >> i do. >> reporter: oh thank you so much. we appreciate that. now are we waking gilbert up? >> it's a little early for him but he woke right up when i went in to get him. >> reporter: does he need a cup of coffee? what does he need? >> i th

absolutely. >> would you go to the movie theater, melinda, and see this movie?> i wouldn't, but i also don't think that the u.s. should be making decisions based on fear because then the terrorists win. you know, the people are threatening the terror, they win, and we really need to start taking a look at our security and our intelligence and how we are securing our intelligence in the united states. i mean, a country like north korea, if they can get into sony, such a monster corporation and get into their intelligence and hack their material and e-mails, then what other countries are going to be able to get into other -- >> it's a great question, but we don't even know if it's north korea. it could be a kid sitting in the basement, right? >> i agree. i wouldn't go and see the movie. i would be afraid to go. >> well, and i think a lot of americans are agreeing with you right now. >> not a lot of people want to risk their lives watching the pineapple express duo. >> but that's the point. i mean, what should sony do now? maybe sony should just pull the movie? doe

melinda katz, the president of the borough of queens.nk you for having me. >> we'll have more of the coverage of the funeral of police officer rafael ramos in just a minute. you don't think much about it... you never dwell on how it was made... it's just a blanket after all... but when everything else has been lost, the comfort it provides is immeasurable. the america red cross brings hope and help to people in need every 8 minutes, every day. so this season give something that means something. support us at redcross.org >>> at today's funeral for nypd funeral rafael ramos, andrew cuomo paid tribute to a force known as new york's finest. >> to the nypd family, which lost two brothers, i say you are a force of true professionals who protect our people with the highest level of skill and dedication. as the vice president said, you are new york's finest and you are probably the finest nationwide. the nypd has done an especially extraordinary job these past few weeks. i watched on television the scenes of people hurling physical objects and

they published the conditions and its bill and melinda are not there any longer. it's taken away. they have to spend in three years. so that's one and three quarters but i didn't go through his son's website or his daughter's website. there are two sons of foundations that he gives to. i also didn't go to the discounted insurance premium payments the discounted now in anticipation of future outlays for insurance company. i didn't go to the difference in tony berkshire hathaway were as if you buy so companies under the shelter berkshire capital you have to pay capital gains tax buddy on the companies in the portfolio he would have had. i didn't do any of that. i look at the total amount and i got, i got warren buffett income in 2010 as being about 12, 12.5, maybe 13 billion from what i looked at. do you follow me there? i went back to his taxes which was a less than $8 million i calculated the percentage of income he paid in taxes and comes out to be about 61 hundredths of 1% of his income is what he paid in taxes. what things did you think you recommend to obama? do you think he r

back with the round table right now, michael, melinda and hogan. nights in politics. i think the fact that senator warren, in a manner somewhat leek ted cruz saying cause of trouble. doe dee don't go along anymore. >> well, nobody wants to see a government shutdown. but, i don't think -- >> ted c rrruz wasn't afraid of one. >> but nobody wants to see a check on wall street and roll backs, either. it isn't just liberals on the hill. i don't think you see people say boy, i wish we'd get off the backs of wall street and carried interest. i think that's where the public is. there's a lot of that kind of populous feeling among ordinary republicans, monot the ones on e hill. >> well, one of the charges on the right, if the dem kraic party doesn't get populous, they're going to get snaked by the republicans. they'll come from the libertarian right saying you guys will be in bed too long. >> i think that's accurate. what's interesting to me is if you get this bill to the house rngs you're going to have some weird relationship between elizabeth warren and t

i'm joined again by the roundtable, zeke melinda and matt. so what's up with that christie move? in trouble or what? >> if you look at the questions he had to answer, it's me, my family, the country. it's not the state of new jersey in there. christie's always going to have to break away from new jersey if he wants to run for president. he has to run on his record there and tell his story through what he's done in his state. but he has to get out of there and his popularity is going to take a dive when he does that. you have to outgrow new jersey to win the nation. >> that's always the sweet spot you know staying at home and taking care of business at home while your duties and responsibilities as rga chairman, for example, command that you be somewhere else. and he's taken the hit on that. but is there more to the story than just the rga and being out of the state? he's gone through the ringer certainly on the he's got an f.b.i. probe going on and a downgrade of the state's credit. are new jerseyians kind of feeling left out? or what? >> i thought it was interesting that he seem

pam and melinda came in and said we want to create a family home. we want to have a home that our family can grow and live in in and that's what that's partly what went on. clients or owners have different, you know, ideas and living norms that they have in the house and that's absolutely not true. there have been hearings and as i said board of appeals hearings and nothing has been done in anything but sunlight and the reason why this rather exemption is in front of you is the zoning administrator said i want a complete under taking and one plan set of everything approved by the board of appeal . that's the exemption in front of you today. those modest expansions that are taking place. with that said i want to go back in time and take us to the 2012 exemption appeal and the the board didn't hold a hearing on that because there was an a settlement agreement and at the time that exemption dealt with the crux of the neighbors concern and then going on to expand the ground floor level towards the rear of the building and again in 2012 exemption issued

so joining me now is melinda katz. she's the president of the new york city borough of queens and an ally of mayor bill de blasio. thank you for joining us, borough president. we appreciate it tonight. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> you know that video is chilling. new york's finest turning their backs on the city's leader. many current and former officer feel that the mayor has symbolically turned his back on them. how do you respond to that? >> you know, new york city's a tough place. and it tests you. and there's no doubt that it tests your heart. but protests and open debate and a public discussion is exactly what america was founded upon. it's exactly what legislation like the civil rights movement came from and health care choices. it's the reason, by the way, that i as a woman can vote. because of debate and protest. that doesn't preclude supporting the police as well. make no mistake about it. these two officers, these young men who were sworn to protect the city of new york and were doing their job,

you'll never hear about that. >> melinda thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate it.re we go i mentioned yesterday how there does seem to be a cultural divide the type we saw in the 1960s where you were either john wayne's side or jane fonda's side. we got past that. we got past this cultural warfare that grew out of the 1960s. but it seems over the past three or four months we revisited it where you're either on the side of believing that law enforcement for the most part does a good job and keeps you safe or that they are predators who go through neighborhoods and trying to push around and bully the weak. >> yeah. that's a very good analogy. i think maybe as in the previous example 30 years ago, 40 years ago now there's a silent majority and the silent majority are probably more pro police and will try to assert themselves here. i think that there is, you know, when you get caught in the howling mob of both sides, nuance is the first casualty. but i think police officers rightly want to believe that their leadership is behind them as they go out in the neighborhoods

your host this week, melinda crane. >> hello and welcome to quadriga .ecame themalalal youngest person ever to receive a nobel peace prize. she nearly paid with her life for insisting as a girl, i'm ok going to school. what is gender-based violence so prevalent? that is what we want to talk about today with three women who are following the situation of women in regions around the world. it is a pleasure to welcome martina sombra. she has worked as a journalist in the middle east and north africa for more than 20 years. she primarily covers migration and human rights. our next guest is a professor at the university of southern denmark. she is of polish origin. a pleasure to have catherine bluff with us. she is a research associate at the global apollo -- public policy institute. she is a public international lawyer and has worked in the area of gender-based violence in both germany and latin america. i would like to start out with a quick tour and ask each of you to give us a snapshot of the situations of women in the regions that you know best. i will s

your host this week, melinda crane. >> hello and welcome to "quadriga." for the past two years, german has taken in more asylum seekers than any other country in the world. yet it long appeared to be one of the few european nations without a rising anti-immigration right wing. do the demonstrations signal a isolated is pagida an phenomenon and how should the government respond? that's what we want to talk about with three people following the event vezz closely. it's a pleasure to welcome a tirkish-born writer who's been publishing poetry, essays and prose in germany since 1979. he's taught at leading universities in the u.s. and regular commentator in german media. and bettina gouse is with us. a political corespondent for the german daily newspaper and formally headed its for lamentry bureau. she reported from africa and written several books on politics and media since the terrorist attacks of 2001. welcomelly, pleasure to allison smale, "the new york times" bureau chief and editor at the national tribune. as foreign deputy of "the new york times," she

i want to bring in melinda shuttler.o lost his previous mate a couple years ago. >> niko lived her with his previous mate. she passed away a few years ago. for a while, he was on his own. but these are highly social animals. as soon as his previous mate passed away, we started to look for someone to come in and keep him company. we're lucky. two years ago we got gladys. they've been a great pair. >> reporter: you can obviously see them here if you one down to the -- come down to the oakland zoo. opposite attracts, i think that's what paula abdul said. niko is outgoing. he's a natural born performer. they get along real well. >> like all great relationships, they complement each other. they really complement each other perfectly. >> reporter: thank you for introducing us two these two. this time of year is a special time. let me show you video. this is the time of year when they fire up those holiday lights. it's zoo lights here at the oakland zoo until early january. you can come down here and you come down at night. thi

this is melinda. you know these animals. >> yeah. this is camela and this is marcela.are two of our domestic ferrets here at the zoo. they like to sniff and explore. they are pretty excited because they are up and awake and got a lot of new things to explore. >> reporter: ferrets are predators. >> they are. yeah. >> reporter: what do they like to munch on? hopefully not tv reporters. >> they are connivers. they like birds, mice, and lizards. that is why they are illegal to have as pets in california. they are easy to escape. >> hey, how are you? >> reporter: now do they need their morning walk? >> yeah absolutely. >> reporter: you have her leash right? >> i have her lean right here. >> reporter: so this is their morning routine. they go outside, get the paper, have a cup of coffee. take a little walk. >> they are territorial. they like to sniff and see who has been nearby. >> reporter: oh wow. i think she is walking me. is that safe to say? >> yeah is pretty normal. she is very determined. >> reporter: and there she goes. and going under the fence. >> you can see how t

you bring the family down here, you ken joy the light show and a lot of rides, trains, carousels, melindah the oakland zoo. what will people enjoy if they come down with the family? >> not only can you walk around the zoo and see all of our lights around, you can also come here to adventureland inn which is rides and activities. you ride on our conservation carousel or riding on our outback express train ride which is it will up. >> reporter: and maybe a santa sighting or two. >> yeah our head honcho will be here. >> reporter: okay that sounds like a fun. you brought a friend along. because as you know you are an education specialist you always have animals like sort of just somewhere on your person. >> yes. >> reporter: who do we have here? >> this is megan. megan is a leopard again koa. she is one of our education animals who comes out on our zoo mobile program. so to schools, birthday parties, senior centers. she is one of the animals. >> reporter: and playing to the camera. >> megan really is. [ laughter ] >> yes, she is. extremely photogenic. i want to show you you something that is

>> it depends on how you count this, but i think 2004, we made bill and melinda gates and bono the persons of the year. >> that was because of philanthropy. >> with bono it was the way that he leveraged his powers of -- as in entertainer to create philanthropy. >> can i show you these pictures? this is amazing. this is dr. jerry brown. tell us who this is. >> both of her parents died in a single week. they ran a medical clinic in monrovia. she is a nurse who counsels ebola patients and is a survivor herself so she is able to go into treatment centers and essentially give patients hope. she says, i got it i survived , it, you can survive it to, and the possibility of hope has enormous power. this is ella watson-stryker, a health educator who was on the ground from the very beginning in guinea and elsewhere, trying to educate the community as to how ebola spreads and get the word out, because you have to be able to keep people from infecting each other. this is an ambulance driver, he runs an ambulance team in monrovia. also a survivor he contracted it , in trying to save a little boy. he sa

the murder of longtime north carolina pork more northern california man who worked for the bill and melindaoundation. police say tuesday afternoon 60 years old david was found shot to death on a trial in oakland california hills park where he talked regularly. he taught english for more than a decade at a private school and sat for cisco suburb that was a writer and editor at teacher magazine. a police department spokeswoman says rory is being investigated as a motive and the killing police have descriptions of two suspects from witnesses. >> catherine: the mystery of the abbasid cashed up the backpack bought by a san jose fast-food worker remains just that tonight, a mystery. kron4 rob fladeboe bring you up-to-date on the story now and what might happen if no one claims the cash. >> reporter: it appears to be business as usual as the burger king on san jose no. ave but customers are still buzzing about the fact that no one has come for to claim $100,000 in cash found here in a backpack last week. >> reporter: the backpack was found abandoned pier in the booth by employee who turned over to

melinda katz is with me now.me to you, ma'am, can you categorize or put into perspective how bad this rift is between the mayor and the police? >> there's no doubt that there is a rift happening right now. at the same time though there are vigils being held all over the city. i myself have gone to several vigils. it's amazing the show of support going on out there. but the rift is going to have to be closed. and with time and with the healing process and with union negotiation and just with a show of support by the entire city not just the mayor, but with the entire city that has come together to start this healing process, new york city's an amazing place. we are strong and we are tough. but we also come together as one when it's necessary. i went to the funeral of officer ramos. i'm telling you, it was an amazing, amazing balance between respecting the police officers and remembering him as the man he was. >> yeah. a lot of your sentiments may be echoed here in what we're going to talk about as the city's polic

>> i would say depends on how you count this, but and i think in 2004, we made bill and melinda gates the person of the year. >> rose: that's bought of their -- >> you can say was it bono because of the wayjhis powers ar a new kind of philanthropy. >> rose: can i show these pictures. >> absolutely. >> rose: this is jerry brown. >> both of her parents died in a single week. they ran a medical clinic. she is a nurse who counsels ebola patients. she's a survivor herself so she's able to go into the treatment centers and essentially give patients hope. because she says i got it, i survived it, you can too. that just the possibility of hope has enormous power with these patients. this is el law watson striker who is a health educator for doctors without borders. she's on the ground from the very beginning in guinea and elsewhere trying to educate the community about how ebola spreads and get the word out because you have to be able to contain it, keep from infecting each other. this is an ambulance driver, runs an ambulance team. also a you are -- survivor. he contracted it when he was hel

you have people like the gates foundation, melinda gates funding a lot of research looking for better ways, looking for products that will help areas that haven't been reached as much. there's more research going on, egg freezing, things that affect well-to-do women in the united states, in europe. but in communities where there isn't that kind of money, where options are still much more limited. >> host: do you know anything about this latest? can you tell us anything concrete about this latest scientific -- >> guest: there's always a lot of talk about new options for men. they always say it's just 10 years out. then it's 10 years, it's 10 years. but there are some things they're talking about from in the good work. that race is a big issue. will men do it. will then go for it. they don't have the same incentive because men don't have to what about getting pregnant. if there's a new product from it and have some side effects how do you market it? one of the side effects of the birth control pill is it is cut in and out of for the most part. men feel like it's our our responsibility,

change to theand bill and melinda gates foundation.up that number two is nick woodmen of go pro. jill have given half $1 billion to form their own foundation at the silicon valley foundation to help build more entrepreneurs. i don't know if you're a call, but back in october when this sharesounced, go pro went down as a reaction to this. but it is resounding. some of the newest billionaires and millionaires on the list have given up half a billion dollars. >> a very important thing to do is get on the phone and call suzanne helm at the council of foreign affairs. [laughter] your world where you are looking for people to make your wonderful institution. >> grade. the reason that the rich can give so much is not just because they are generous but they have done so well in the last several years and much of the recovery has gone to them. people in the lower levels may be don't have as much disposable cash to give away. >> but what is the feature that rich people want now when they donate? >> credit? [laughter] >> what i found interesting

during my time at the bill and melinda gates foundation, i had a chance to work on these issues, too,we tried to increase conductivity to chapter houses in the navajo nation. i also most recently, as some of you may know, was at the office of management and budget, where i had the chance to work on budget issues and the funding of indian health services, which also recognized the importance of these health services. i had the chance in other forums, very excited about the breath of what we get to do at hhs and work with you on these issues. a strongitted to government-two-government relationship with the tribes. it is important to me that you continue to be our full partners during the design and of the policies, programs, and initiatives that we find an advance of the department of health and human services. knowing that actions often speak louder than words, shortly after i became secretary, i visited the tribe near seattle. chairman sullivan and his staff did a great job of showing me how health and human services programs are delivered at the tribal level. learn aboutt visit, a lo

some nations became important players in the development of melinda gates foundation, international organizations playing a vital role. for purchasing a vaccine was approved by the who supports strengthening the program. the world bank joined this effort. on the side they've been standout heroes over the response of 2014. they surprisingly jumped forward to assist with trials of the antivirals. it's remarkable in several ways. it's a remarkable speed and flexibility and cooperation which we will hear more about that's been seen across the different institutions. there's been a pivotal meeting on october 23 which established the club of donors and industry manufacturing capacities, certain pragmatism and debate people hear about whether it's puzzled to the randomized control trials versus less rigorous but still very important effort. a lot of demonstrated flexibility and a lot of efforts to prepare the communities. the potential for the significant return people thought was a certain optimism and determination and a commitment to operating good faith for the common cause. it is unusual to the deg

bill and melinda gates foundation, hewlett foundation, international organizations. the vaccine alliance, just pat thursday. the board of gaby committed to up to $300 million for purchase of the vaccine once approved along with $90 million in rollout and support and strengthening the main of immunization programs. side, a standout true hero of the response over the notse of 2014 and the saga, surprisingly have jumped forward to assist with trials of and possibly a vaccine later in the 2015. this mobilization has been remarkable in several ways. and theusual speed flexibility and cooperation that we will hear more about that we will hear more out across the different institutions. there was a pivotal meeting october 23 posted by who which , industryd donors revised upwards projected manufacturing capacities, a certain pragmatism and debate opening about whether it is possible to adhere to classic randomized control trials versus less rigorous, but still very important efforts. regulatorymonstrated flexibility. a lot of effort to begin to prepare communities. a number

leading the wal-mart foundation and the work we did with the tribes during my time at the bill and melinda gates foundation i had the chance to work on these issues as we tried to increase the connectivity to the chapter houses in the navajo nation. and i also have some of university office of management and budget where i had the chance to work on the budget issues and the funding of the indian health service which also recognized the importance of these health services. so i've had the other chances in forms but very excited about the breadth of what we get to do at hhs to work with you on these issues. i am fully committed to a strong limited government relationship with the tribes. it is important to me that you continue to be our full partners during the design and implementation of the policy programs and initiatives that we find and advance at the department of health and human services. knowing that actions often speak louder than words, shortly after i became the secretary i visited the tribe near seattle. the chair man sullivan and his staff did a great job of showing me how heal

warren buffet takes the number one spot giving 2 .1 billion to the bill and melinda foundation.kwoodman, giving $500 million to the silicon valley. and eight of the top ten were gifts to universities. next presidential election is over a year and a half away, but america's top millionaires voted for a favorite candidate. cnbc's wealth editor robert frank has the findings from the second millionaire survey. robert? >> cnbc millionaire survey, polling 500, split between democrats, republicans, and independentings. they are politically active. 93% voted. a quarter of them give money to candidates, and 15% give money to super pacs. when asked who they support, no surprise the top choice of hillary clinton, getting 31% of the total of all millionaires, jeb bush is second with 18%, and chris christie, and scott walker a fourth. drill down by party, by party, hillary clinton gets three quarters of the democratic millionaires, one quarter of independents, and 5% of the republican millionaires. jeb is the top pick for all republican millionaires at 36% of gop millionaire votes, but chris

and melinda maria is a jewelry designer that started as a fine jewelry designer.a different sort of wish you could wrap a loved one in and there is a special price, $50 now for holiday price, limited time only. >> pretty. >> i like them. i love gifts that are special, especially jewelry. has to have meaning behind it. something else unique i found, jewelry of the day. these are hand crafted pendants by an artisan in europe. you have 50 necklaces in one. you peel off each day to reveal a new necklace, jewelry, brooch or knot. >> interesting. >> wow. >> i think some people who like the arts and crafts will like this. >> i think that's fun. >> this one is up your alley. i come up and move the cross on your necklace. this always happens to people. this is a balancing bead. great. you hook it to the back, it keeps your clasp in the back so you don't have to have the clasp turning all day. another genius all day, clean your jewelry in the dishwasher. have this great cleaning cage, put your little pieces inside the egg and this cage, stick it in the dishwasher, they come